Olymipics

The first Olympics started around 776 BC and the Olympics were held every 4 years i don't know how long we have to wait for the Olympics but they had to wait a long time.They held it at Olimpia to celebrate and Honor Zeus. Some people said that first race in the Olympics was with chariots but some people say that its just a myth.Before any athlete can enter a race he has do to an oath in front of Zeus. athletes had there own personal trainers.the Olympics were kind of like a fair,because they had vendors horses raders and entertainers.

government

Just like us ancient Greece had governments.an oligarchy is ruled by wealthy people at one point Sparta had two kings at the same time they were brothers or cousins.one at home and the other one went and fought war.during the archaic period the government was oligarchy, a group if rich men.They told everyone else what to do... thank goodness its not like that now!

Democracy was ruled by the people because they voted the electives.the first city state that was democratic was Athens and then other city states copied them.Most people couldn't vote like women couldn't or slaves foreigners and any Greeks from any other city states ooh and no children.

children and Education

In Sparta it was all about soldiers and militarise and discipline and simplicity. Girls and boys are required to have a perfect body .People would come to the house right after it is born to check if it is healthy or not if it was healthy the mother and father get to keep it but if it isn't then the baby would get dropped of on a hill side and be left to die. if it was a baby boy it would stay till it is seven and then he would go to a very strict military camp, very strict and he would have to stay there until he is 18.

The majority of girls didn't go do school but the ones that did started at the age of 6 or 7 nobody knows if there schools where cruel and strict as the boys but the girls where taught gymnastics combat skills and wrestling.They believed that strong women made strong babies.at 18 if the girls passed there skills and fitness test,she would be assigned a husband if she didn't she would loose her rights as a citizen and she would have to be a member of the middle class. samantha she is a

anceint greece clothing

Like us, ancient greece people wore clothing this is what babies would wear.Babies wouldnt where anything,or if it was REALLY VERY cold they would were a diaper.

Children wore clothing too. They would were cloth or material around there mid area.

Men have to wear clothing so they would were a tunic.A tunic is a long peice of cloth or material that goes to your knees.It goes over one shoulder. They would walk bare foot or somtimes they would wear leather sandals but, not very often because the sun would make they leather hot and it would burn there feet.

Now women would always look differnt. They would wearone BIG peice of wool and would pin it in random places soo that it would stay up.

Greece has lots of differnt kinds of food here is some crazy party foods. They eat roasted song bird, they also eat artichoke hearts. And they would also eat mushrooms, grasshoppers, snails, fish roe.

Here are some yummy veggies that they would farm.: They would farm cabage,lettuce,spiniach,and dandillions.They would also farm things likeradishes carots. they liked to eat leaves

greek people love there cheeses here are some cheeses. They would but feta on there salads.They also ate mistra cheese manouri chesse kasseri cheese and lots others like kefalotyn and also graviera

A symposium is for men only.If the host is rich then he would pay for everyones food drinks and,entertainment!If the host was poor he would only pay for himself and all of the hosts would pay for there own indivdual drinks foods and entertainment symposiums are very popular and lots of people attended. they would drink diluted wine.they would play games dance sing and ask eachother riddles.the only women that are aloud to go to a symposium are entertainers that play the flute